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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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